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Food Poisoning Bacteria Cross-Contamination
April 16, 2012
The food-poisoning fecal bacteria found in 70% of U.S. retail poultry is destroyed by proper cooking, but contamination of the kitchen environment may place consumers at risk.
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Poultry and Paralysis
April 13, 2012
A neuropathic strain of the fecal bacteria Campylobacter found in poultry can trigger Guillain-Barré syndrome, a rapid and life-threatening paralysis.
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Poultry Exposure and Neurological Disease
April 12, 2012
Poultry workers exhibit an excess of a wide range of diseases, from thyroid conditions to schizophrenia and autoimmune neurological disorders such as myasthenia gravis. This may be due to exposure to viruses present in chickens and turkeys.
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Carcinogenic Retrovirus Found in Eggs
April 11, 2012
Avian leukosis/sarcoma virus has been found in 14% of retail egg samples.
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Poultry and Penis Cancer
April 10, 2012
The largest study to date on poultry workers found a significantly increased risk of dying from penile cancer, thought to be due to exposure to oncogenic (cancer-causing) chicken viruses, which raise consumer concerns as well.
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Chicken Dioxins, Viruses, or Antibiotics?
April 9, 2012
The association between poultry and cancer may be explained by the presence in chickens’ and turkeys’ flesh of industrial carcinogens such as dioxins, oncogenic (cancer-causing) viruses, and/or the drugs that were fed to the birds.
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EPIC Findings on Lymphoma
April 6, 2012
In a study of a half million people, which was most associated with the risk of developing lymphoma? Red meat, processed meat, poultry, offal, eggs, or milk?
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Breast Cancer Survival, Butterfat, and Chicken
March 27, 2012
Breast cancer survivors may reduce their chances of survival if they eat too much saturated fat, found primarily in the American diet in cheese, chicken, and junk food.
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Prevention Is Better Than Cured Meat
February 29, 2012
The levels of nitrosamines—considered the most carcinogenic agents in cigarette smoke—were recently measured in an array of processed meats including chicken, turkey, and pork.
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Safest source of B12
February 6, 2012
Since foods are effectively a package deal, what is the best way to get vitamin B12 (cobalamin)?
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Avoiding a sugary grave
December 29, 2011
500 foods were tested for advanced glycation end products (AGEs).
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Trans fat, saturated fat, and cholesterol: Tolerable upper intake of zero
December 23, 2011
The intake of trans fats which come mostly from junk food and animal products, saturated fat mostly from dairy products and chicken, and cholesterol coming mostly from eggs and chicken should be as low as possible.
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MRSA in U.S. retail meat
November 23, 2011
More than a thousand retail meat samples have been tested for Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) contamination in North America.
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Airborne MRSA
November 22, 2011
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus “superbug” found not only contaminating the U.S. retail meat supply but isolated from air samples outside swine CAFOs.
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U.S. meat supply flying at half staph
November 21, 2011
An investigation finds 47% of U.S. retail meat tested is contaminated with staph (Staphylococcus) bacteria. Turkey appears most likely to harbor contagion.
